In hospital falls of a large hospital.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The present database contains information on patient falls in the hospital setting. Data were collected in January 2018 with of describing in-hospital falls reported from 1st January 2012 to 31 December 2017 in a large hospital in the South of Brazil. Learning about the characteristics of these events and establishing a profile may contribute to the design of adequate prevention and improvement strategies that are effective to reduce the risk of falls.

Data description

This data set encompasses 1.071 in-patients falls characterized by the follow variables: year, date, patient birth, weekday, shift, department/location of the incident, location, severity, presence of companion, age, sex, risk level, medication associated with fall risk, implemented fall prevention

SUBMITTER: de Souza AB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6533691 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature